"A Buffalo dead is an American Indian gone. Over sixty million Buffalo and two million Elk were destroyed by 1899 to drive the Indians from the plains. "

"From Wakan-Tanka, the Great Mystery, comes all power. It is from Wakan-Tanka that the holy man has wisdom and the power to heal and to make holy charms. Man knows that all healing plants are given by Wakan-Tanka; therefore they are holy. So too is the buffalo holy because it is a gift from Wakan-Tanka."